Shields and Brooks on Hawaii Caucuses, March Madness, Obama the Sports Fan

55203The Doubleheader: On Hawaii, March Madness and POTUS SportsChristina filled in for Hari for the Doubleheader with columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks, and surprise, surprise, they disagree about the New York Mets. Also: predictions of the outcome of the much coveted political assignment covering the Hawaii Republican caucuses on Tuesday and whether President Obama chooses North Carolina teams for his Final Four because it's a swing state.2012-03-09 19:11:00disabled2208474732_nUWTgHJ8n4true

In this week’s Doubleheader with with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, we have both a guest host (filling in for Hari Sreenivasan) and a disagreement over The New York Mets.

David wrote a column Friday detailing his lifelong fandom. In our politics of sports section, Mark had some, shall we say, impolite things to say about New York’s other team.

For our sport of politics section, we discussed whether President Obama chooses North Carolina teams for his Final Four because it’s a swing state. The guys give him the benefit of the doubt because he knows his stuff. I’ve long been interested in the president’s obsession with sports and remain a bit more skeptical.

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